The Blue House is designed by Dutch architect Pieter Weijnen of FARO Architecten. It’s located on Steigereiland, one of seven artificial islands dredged from Amsterdam’s lJ Lake in IJburg. Its color reminds deep-blue waters that surround it and that’s how it gets its name. The house designed with sustainable use of energy in mind. The...
IKEA 2011 Catalog and Showroom Sneak-Peaks
IKEA has announced that the new 2011 catalog is ready to launch. This catalog is the 60th anniversary of the first IKEA catalog. It’ll be available in 61 editions and in 29 languages. The company claims, that it has a focus on home organization. The catalog will feature creative storage solutions, customizable products for different...
House with Fantastic Elevated Swimming Pool – Devoto House by Andres Remy
The Devoto house is designed by Andrés Remy’s studio on the 18 x 24 meters lot between two existing buildings. In order to get some privacy the house mostly features views from the inside rather from the outside. The living, kitchen and dining rooms expose the garden that penetrates all the volumes in the house....
10 The Most Cool Spiral Staircase Designs
Any spiral staircase is a very practical solution to connect several floors in your home. Such staircase usually is quite compact and also can have very pleasant look. You can find spiral stairs made of a variety of materials and their combinations including steel, iron, wood, aluminum and so on. In case you have a...
Space Saving Ocasional Tables – Qui Pro Quo by Bonaldo
Qui Pro Quo is the set of three ocasional tables of different height that fit one into the other. The set is very practical and flexible. Depending on your needs you can use it as one table with several surfaces or separate it to create handy surfaces to put things on. The tables are made...
Light and Airy Apartment Interior Design
This penthouse apartment sits atop South Yarra’s development and features amazing views of Melburne’s busy city skyline. Its interior is designed by Robert Mills Architects as light and airy as possible to highlight owner’s extensive furniture and art collection. The white surfaces and limestone floors can be found across the whole apartment, including all living,...
Extremely Ergonomic Kitchen Design – New Logica by Valcucine
In 1996 Valcucine has started to manufacture an extremely ergonomic kitchen called “Logica System”. It has featured 80cm depth units with equipped back section, the hood that freed head movements and the wall unit with a door that opened and closed by only the force of gravity. This year the company has presented the “New...
Best Panton Chair Redesigns For Its 50th Anniversary
Nowadays everybody knows Verner Panton for its famous chair design. The plastic chair made in one piece was the first product independently developed by Vitra. It arrived on the market in 1967 and later become an icon of furniture design. Most of the time the chair manufacturing technology was based on casting method using rigid...
Long One Storey House Plan With Dark Iron Walls – Martinborough House by Parsonson Architects
The main feature of this New Zealand’s house is an boundless space surrounding it. The house sits long and low in this large and multi-layered landscape. The dark corrugated iron walls blend with the dark lines of Macrocarpa shelter planting in the distance. Thanks to a large size of the site, Parsonson Architects choose not...
Futuristic Minimalist Bed Supported by Transparent Panel – Wing Bed by Presotto
The Wing Bed is one of this year novities presented by Presotto Italia. It features a futuristic look for those who enjoy extreme minimalism and pureness. The headboard of the bed is attached to the panel, while a multi-plywood base accommodates the mattress in utmost comfort. All parts are supported by a transparent methacrylate panel...